Poem-a-Day
Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.
1951
Louise Glück: "The Red Poppy"
1 min
1952
Javier Zamora: "Nó, Actually, Soy Salvadoreño"
4 min
1953
Oliver Baez Bendorf: "Dysphoria"
2 min
1954
Brenda Cárdenas: "Nuestra Señora de las Iguanas"
2 min
1955
Peggy Robles–Alvarado: "When I Became La Promesa"
4 min
1956
Rafael Campo: "California"
3 min
1957
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: "Love Opened a Morta...
1 min
1958
Enrique Villasis & Bernard Capinpin: "Birds in ...
4 min
1959
Anthony Cody: "brd"
3 min
1960
Natalie Scenters-Zapico: "Pledge Allegiance"
4 min
1961
Carmen Gimenéz Smith: "Like an Auto-Tune of Aut...
1 min
1962
Gary Soto: "In Praise of Dreams"
2 min
1963
Diannely Antigua: "Anniversary"
1 min
1964
Gabriela Mistral: "The Teller of Tales"
3 min
1965
Yau Ching & Chenxin Jiang: "Trial Run"
1 min
1966
Darrel Alejandro Holnes: "Black Parade"
3 min
1967
Rosebud Ben-Oni: "So They Say— They Finally Na...
4 min
1968
Martín Espada: "The Five Horses of Doctor Ramón...
5 min
1969
Richard Blanco: "Maine Yet Miami"
4 min
1970
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo: "Battlegrounds"
3 min
1971
William Carlos Williams: "A Portrait in Greys"
1 min
1972
Julio Pazos Barrera & Bryan Mendoza: "Pegasus A...
2 min
1973
Tomás Q. Morín: "A Pile of Fish"
3 min
1974
Nicole Cecilia Delgado & Urayoán Noel: "From Ba...
3 min
1975
Ada Limón: "Give Me This"
1 min